Victim and perpetrator of sexual harassment end up at same Coast Guard workplace

The Korea Coast Guard came under controversy Wednesday for allowing one of its members to return to his original workplace after being transferred for sexual harassment, resulting in him working at the same station as his victim.

In 2024, a subordinate alleged that a senior inspector of the Korea Coast Guard Station Pyeongtaek had made an inappropriate comment toward her in 2022.

It was deemed sexual harassment, resulting in his wages being docked and forcibly transferred to another station that ...